Hardware Industry GlobalFoundries files for an IPO, could be valued at $25 billion The AMD spinoff is in a great position to profit from the surging demand for semiconductors By Adrian Potoroaca , October 6, 2021, 11:59 AM
Hardware Industry TSMC chairman claims some companies are sitting on chip stockpiles Chip scalping is one of the reasons for the current semiconductor woes By Adrian Potoroaca , October 6, 2021, 10:24 AM 21 comments
Hardware Industry Intel breaks ground on two advanced chip fabs in Arizona Intel is gearing up to eat TSMC's and Samsung's lunch By Adrian Potoroaca , September 24, 2021, 4:31 PM 14 comments
Hardware Industry Chip shortage hits auto industry hard, $210 billion loss expected in 2021 Not only GPUs; chip shortage also affecting the automotive industry By Zak Islam , September 24, 2021, 6:59 AM 11 comments
Hardware Industry Semiconductor market shortage expected to end by mid-2022 Strong global recovery thanks to increasing demand in multiple industries By Zak Islam , September 21, 2021, 7:28 AM
Hardware Industry Samsung is looking to build a $17 billion chip manufacturing plant in Texas Chip manufacturing investments are booming By Adrian Potoroaca , September 9, 2021, 10:31 AM 11 comments
Car Tech Industry Intel CEO believes over 20 percent of premium vehicles' bill of materials will be dedicated to chips by 2030 Intel has to increase chip production to accompany the growing need for semiconductors in the automotive industry By Joao Silva , September 8, 2021, 11:10 AM 7 comments
Industry Intel will invest $94.7 billion to build chip fabs in Europe The latest move amid a global race to expand chip manufacturing capacity By Adrian Potoroaca , September 8, 2021, 7:17 AM 22 comments
Industry Apple TSMC increased its chip prices by 3% for Apple while others faced 20% rises The perks of being TSMC's biggest customer By Rob Thubron , September 6, 2021, 9:58 AM 21 comments
Hardware Industry China's SMIC pours $8.87 billion into building a new chip plant in Shanghai The planned capacity is 100,000 wafer starts per month By Adrian Potoroaca , September 3, 2021, 2:53 PM
Hardware Industry CPU and GPU prices set to increase amid TSMC wafer price hike Unrelenting demand is causing chipmakers to raise prices By Adrian Potoroaca , August 25, 2021, 2:47 PM 38 comments
Industry Rising Covid cases in Malaysia could exacerbate chip shortages More bad news By Rob Thubron , August 24, 2021, 9:51 AM
Hardware Industry Intel Foundry Services wins Pentagon contract for US-made chips A boost to Intel's plan to compete with TSMC and Samsung By Daniel Sims , August 23, 2021, 7:11 PM 10 comments
Industry Samsung jumps above Intel to become world's top semiconductor supplier Samsung's sales were up 19%, way ahead of Intel's By Rob Thubron , August 20, 2021, 7:41 AM
Industry Electronics Samsung's vice chairman walks out of jail and returns to his office A long-awaited boon for Samsung By Isaiah Mayersen , August 15, 2021, 10:06 AM 9 comments
Industry Intel says its US mega-fab will be a $120 billion "little city" "I want to build factories a lot faster than we can today," said CEO Pat Gelsinger By Rob Thubron , August 9, 2021, 5:16 AM 17 comments
Hardware Industry Samsung is raising chip fabrication prices to finance new foundries It's hard to blame them By Isaiah Mayersen , July 31, 2021, 11:29 AM
Hardware Industry TSMC gets green light on 2nm fab, plans to have it operational in 2024 So much for Intel's plan to lead process technology by 2025 By Adrian Potoroaca , July 28, 2021, 4:19 PM 9 comments
Hardware Industry TSMC is evaluating Germany as possible location for an European arm The Taiwanese company is looking to build its first chip plant in Europe By Adrian Potoroaca , July 26, 2021, 2:28 PM 10 comments
Industry Intel reportedly in talks to buy semiconductor giant GlobalFoundries for $30 billion A part of Intel's new chip manufacturing strategy? By Rob Thubron , July 16, 2021, 5:18 AM 16 comments
Hardware Industry Samsung's 3nm process might be coming next year, but not for everyone The case of the missing process node By Matthew Lee , July 11, 2021, 1:45 PM
Hardware Industry Japan wants to reignite its once-dominant silicon industry The country has fallen behind despite hosting more chip factories than any other country By Adrian Potoroaca , July 6, 2021, 7:13 PM 22 comments
Industry Hardware GlobalFoundries reveals new strategy, $4B fab expansion The big picture of semiconductor manufacturing By Bob O’Donnell , June 22, 2021, 9:15 AM 8 comments
Industry Manufacturing giant warns that global chip shortage could last into 2023 Will it end before the RTX 4000 series arrives? By Rob Thubron , June 8, 2021, 6:57 AM 16 comments
Industry Intel still the world's top semiconductor company, AMD climbs to 11th place Chipzilla was the only top 15 company to experience a YoY decline By Rob Thubron , May 26, 2021, 8:55 AM 8 comments